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Study of Biological Assemblies by Ultrafast Fluorescence Spectroscopy

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Application of ultrafast time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy to the study of dynamics in biological assemblies is discussed. The recent results obtained using femtosecond time resolution and large scale computer simulations have significantly improved our understanding of the primary steps in solvation dynamics, FRET and other processes. Dynamics in many systems ranging from proteins (both in native and molten globule state) and DNA to micelles (tri-block co-polymer micelles and ionic liquid micelles) are discussed. Perhaps, the most interesting application is spatial resolution of solvation dynamics by variation of excitation wavelength.

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Mondal, S.K., Sahu, K., Bhattacharyya, K. (2009). Study of Biological Assemblies by Ultrafast Fluorescence Spectroscopy. In: Reviews in Fluorescence 2007. Reviews in Fluorescence, vol 2007. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88722-7_8

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